Hey David! Love your videos! Best bee videos on KZfaq. Do you guys ship to CT? I am having a heck of a time finding natural bees from foundation less small cell comb. Hoping you could be of help. Have you sent bees up north how do they handle it?

This has been VERY helpful! I'm getting my first nuc tomorrow and I'm very nervous, but this has really helped me out. I had trouble finding basic directions on the smoker and here it is!

Thanks so much for this video! I'm a new beekeeper and wasn't able to take in person classes before I started because COVID-19 got them all cancelled. I've been having trouble keeping my smoker lit but this video helped a lot. Thank you!

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. Dryer lint. Ah heck. I almost fell off the chair when you showed that. I thought I was the only one who was onto that stuff. Now my wife's not laughing at me anymore. 👍👍

I’m a new beekeeper as of yesterday. I really like your videos. 7/10/2020. I learn so much from them as you speak my language. I just don’t see how you do not wearing a bee suit. Anyway, thank you!

Great demonstration. Seeing how fast dryer lint ignites makes me want to make sure my dryer vent is cleaned out so there’s no house fire. 😳

Hi David, Thanks for taking the time to make your great vids. I’m getting a real lot out of them. I’m just starting out, picking up my first empty box’s and frames hopefully this week. I’m loving the info you give on topics such as swarm behaviour, mating queens, making nucs etc. Explained really well. Really appreciate it, Cheers, Nigel

David, you are a hero! I love watching your bees videos! I find your farm/land very beautiful and so are your bees! I am all across the world in the UK and I live in an industrial area, doing clinical research; nothing nature related. However, nature is my passion and seeing your videos makes me happy 😊.. thanks for sharing your work with the world.

Love all your videos !! Live how you show it as it is without out edits! And retakes !! I watch them over and over!

Tip: use egg cartons as kindling. It smolders better than wave cardboard. And about the lint: only use it if it's pure cotton/wool. If it has synthetic fabric in it, you're poisoning the bees (as well as any uncapped honey).

Thanks for sharing all your tips.

David, I'm no pro, (Been doing this as a hobby for 2 years) but I found using egg crates works great, I cut them in to single units (1 egg basicly) then flip one cup up and pinch another in to the cup then smash down about one egg crate for every 2 minutes of smoke I want, once I have my stack I rip a hole in the bottom and light the the hole and the smashed one, once i see a little flame I lower it in the smoker close the lid and give one solid puff to blow out the fire - Then it smokes and good for as long as I want, the only downside I saw is the ash at the end can come out but its never hot and so far has not done any harm to my bees.

Something I keep in my bee box is a butane torch. They are cheep, not only are they nice for lighting a smoker, but it's nice for charing boxes and melting propolis.

Appreciate the videos. I'm a new bee keeper. I often get it started on the porch to my wife's dislike. Lol. Then when I get to the beeyard I drop in some road apples or whatever else I find. Still learning, keep the videos coming.

Loving the new beekeepers series and the comments help too.. looking forward to next one.. I’m new think I’m all set just waiting on bees in april..

Great videos btw, I love them. First time beekeeper here, my bees come this spring (mid april) your videos help me prepare.

Thanks Dave for Demo. I’m a new bee keeper and your video was really good everything is new so just trying to do everything right…… thanks Terry

Great Video! Thanks for showing several ways to light up the smoker and keep it running. I attended a bee intro course here in TX and they preferred a combo of rolled up cardboard with pellets. First time I have seen lint but it makes sense and it looks like it burns fast. Thanks for sharing . Once again great video!

I appreciate this type of video very much live North of Houston and starting two nuc;s in April cant wait to get started

Just picked up my nucs, had to come to learn how to start my smoker. 🤣

Basically anything that burns. 🔥

Love these beginner videos. Thank you very much.

Thanks for doing all these videos...especially ones like this!

I'm glad I done this right 😂 my husband was in the hive and didn't have time to watch a video on how to use smoker.....we make a very entertaining team to watch I'm sure.....maybe I should make a new channel for my bees lol y'all would get a kick out of us

i like the pine straw best, i got plenty of it.

I use wood shavings from my shop. Then pieces of wood then walnut shaving which also helps with treatment of mites as well.

I use grass clippings in mine after i mow and let them air dry for a couple of days. Keeps smoke for a couple of hours after its lit.

Thank you David.

great video. just ordered a package of bees today for may delivery

5:51 That was perfect timing for the ad… can’t tell if intentional. lol Thanks for the information.

I'm actually wanting to get into this . the you for making this video

awesome videos. Thank you for making them.

Thanks for the video. My first lighting did not go well. I know what to do now.

I have a pine forest in my yard lol , I have tons of pine straw lol

Great video as usual, David!

At the exact moment you dropped the camera a commercial came on of a cat knocking a can of cat food off a counter. LOL

Perhaps you should have mentioned that they want cool smoke, not pump up the smoker so that flames are shooting out the nozzle. You don’t want to hit your bees with hot smoke.

Dryer lint could have a lot of plastic in it. It depends on what you are drying. I'd only use pure cotton lint - which may be hard to make because almost everything has some synthetic material mixed into the fabric.

Good video. For new beekeepers, just use pine straw, nothing better if you have a convenient pine tree.

How do you get the smoke smell out of your hair? wink wink

good vid! i don't have bees yet but like the smoker...

Thank you!!!

Pine bedding makes a good smoke. It is $2.50 at Walmart for a small package. It is all natural with no added chemicals It is easy to light because it is very dry. It is good for someone that has only a few hives since it burns good and fast because it is dry. If you want to slow the burning down, just add a bit of water to make it more moist. I put it in the my smoker and make a small cavity toward the side. I fold one sheet of paper towel in halve and then roll it up. I light the paper towel and stick it lit into the cavity and start pumping air. Bingo, I am ready to go and to close the cover of the smoker. Takes only a few seconds.

i use grass tree segments from the main truck when grass tree dies

who else use coconut fiber ... its easy to light and stays long ....

I save my paper towel and toilet paper rolls you seem to work awesome I starters

That was great thank you very much

Vielen Dank für deinen Tipp mit den Kiefernadeln. Da wäre ich nie drauf gekommen. Werde es auf jeden Fall ausprobieren. Schönen Gruß aus Köln ( Germany)

Lol he abt said “I have a little flint an steel stire farter”

Thanks

Thumbs up David

I’m a noobie keeper. Thanks!

Wow thank you. I’m a new bed keeper and this video is so helpful. How can I order the smoke stick please

Can you do a review of different kinds of smokers? The one I bought last year it was really cheap, and I regret it. I wish someone would told me to spend more money on a higher quality smoker. But being a my first year in beekeeping, I didn't know any better. I really didn't know what I was buying.

Hi David, I find most times that my smoker blows out hot smoke. How can you stop that besides using green grass or green leaves?

cool video

Thanks for the video David. I still haven't gotten my bees but I do have my smoker so I can practice before I get them. Oh hey! It just occurred to me I may be passing you on my way home from Alabama to SC tomorrow. Do you have any nucs available? I have 2 coming from a company in SC but I'm anxious lol.

Could I use cypress needles? I have a tree in my yard, but I cannot find anything to definitively say if I can or can’t use them.

"I'm being serious" *hilarious Indian accent ensues*

I was thinking of buying that. But does this also works on mosquitos? I want to save money so if i can do both i'd be happy.

Great instruction. Is there anything not to burn that would cause harm to the bees. Thanks

how do you mow around your hives?

Hmmmmmmm, last smoker i lit had ribeyes and prok ribs on it with some conecuh sausage, baked taters, baked beans, corn on the snob, and pickin'o fresh greens 'n such fer a salad. The local bees seemed quite calm, maybe even a little hungry....................

Real good video - but what about using natural fiber Gunny/burlap sacks? You have to be careful not to get synthetic ones these days. Large coffee shops have these in my city in Omaha NE. Unroasted coffee beans come in them. And, how to you put out the pine straw burning in your smoker if you are done checking your bees before it is done burning?

would oak leaves work!? because I do know this oak leaves sure stir up the (HOA) HOME OWNERS ASSOCIATION LOL hahahaha

Easiest way I light my smoker with is straw. I use to use newspaper but easier with dry straw and a zippo lighter beautiful clean smoke. Bees less aggressive

Pine needles ? Rosmarry what you guys use and why?

Want some pine straw, come clean my gutters.

Have you lost any of your strong colonies so far this winter?

Hey David, when will you start putting out sugar water again? I noticed this past weekend my bees made it through the last cold week and they were eating the dry sugar I put on the intercover. So I know they want food. I live in south Tennessee, so their weather is probably the same as your's. This my first winter with bees and I am trying to everything I can to help them survive. Thanks for your help!

I have a quick question I have bees all over my pear and fig trees when I try to pick some i have run because I'm allergic. So will this smoker help me with the bees

Have you ever tried Pine shavings? You can get a big bag from Tractor Supply.

Last time I smoked bees they gave me a buzz.

Ha David good video, question for u I have some hives I need to move at what temp is it safe to do so with out harming the bees it is still in the 30s here some 40s during the days thanks I am going to move them during the day time going to just close them up the night before so they can not get out thanks

I drop a paper tail light it then put wood shaving then wood pellets

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What is smoking used for? Does it hurt or inhabit the Bess in any way?

I use a 360-degree camera. Then in production, before I upload I can have the viewer's eyes on whatever when ever I need them to be. almost as if someone is following me around with a camera.

I'm looking for a beekeeper group in Atlanta to teach me about beekeeping.

Most important thing of all! COOL SMOKE! if u start smoking your bees and there are flames in the smoker or coming out the spout, or if the smoke is hot YOU WILL BURN YOUR BEES. This video is good but leaves out that crucial information. COOL SMOKE IS CRITICAL

Here's an easy way to light a smoker. Fill it with whatever you like to use as fuel and then take a blow torch and heat the side of the smoker. let it get red hot for a little while. This may seem barbaric but it won't damage your smoker.

It makes my bees and if I use very much smoke. They only want a little.

I prefer wood chips (small animal bedding)

Geeze you're a good looking rooster!

You missed a fuel source the dirt rooster has suggested taco bell wrappers.

I am a master smoker user! I light it, it goes out. i light it, it goes out, i light it, it goes out, i light it... it stays smoking forever! Only now i want it to go out because i finished...

Cardboard burns yours eyes like crazy.

i am a beekeeper

Rarely use my smoker anymore. The smoke just seemed to rile them up.

Can i use a smoker to hotbox my room? 😏

Hi has Any one used burlap, I have unlimited old coffee sacks

5:53 @##@ tripod :)

Very bad suggestion to use dryer with the variety of plastics in our clothing now. Burning plastic will put off fumes toxic to them. You'll be stressing you colony out. Also he uses the term "Burns hot" you don't want that, it will sing their wings. You want as of cool smoke as possible.

That is NOT flint and steel. That is a magnesium ALLOY bar with a ferrocerium rod glued to one side. Ferros throw 5,500°F sparks. F&S throws 600°F sparks. Bit of a difference. Pure magnesium works well. Magnesium alloy sucks. Some magnesium alloys won't work at all. A few brief points on F&S aka Flint (the rock) and (high carbon) Steel aka Percussion Fire Ignition: The "Flint" can be any of dozens of types of high quartz content rocks, pyrites or carbide steel. (Agates, chalcedonies, cherts, dolmites, flints, granites, jaspers, onyxes, sandstones, etc) The "Steel" can be steels from 1055-1096, A2, L6, O1, O2, W1 or W2. Also pyrites, some titaniums and some bamboos. The "Charcloth" can be any of dozens of plants and fungi that have been charred, and even a couple dozen that work without being charred. Also char mixes, which are mostly uncharred materials mixed with a little bit of charred materials. There are many ways to make char beyond putting a metal tin in a fire. Indeed, many ways without a tin at all. Anyhow, back to the bees! lol

I prefer styrofoam and old oil rags